ECT survivors speak out about the painful practice administered to an estimated 100,000 Americans each year, including children ...

Watchdog says electroshock must be banned, but until this occurs, hospitals are being notified that omitting patient information of how electroshock treatment causes brain-damage and… ...

Campaigns to “Stop the Stigma” of Mental Illness were Launched by the Psycho-Pharmaceutical Industry By CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog August 17, 2020 With… ...

In the past few years, ADHD – attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – has become the go-to diagnosis for kids who can’t sit still in school.

On 22 May, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) published DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, after months, perhaps even years, of speculation ...

U.S. should follow Australia’s lead to investigate suicide in children caused by antidepressants. With 2.1 million Americans aged 0-17 prescribed the potential suicide-inducing drugs, including… ...

CCHR, established to uphold the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, reports that 76 years after its adoption, patients are still subjected to inhuman and… ...

CCHR has long demanded medical testing to rule out physical conditions that mimic so-called psychiatric symptoms—preventing needless diagnoses and mind-altering prescription drugs that mask and, ...

Forced to obtain electroshock statistics through FOIA, CCHR finds states electroshocking those 0–5 and up to age 12. UN defines any ECT without consent as… ...

During Mental Health Awareness Month & APA Annual Congress, Rev. Shaw, head of the Task Force Against Racism & Modern-Day Eugenics and NAACP Chapter President,… ...